18th January 2019
Dear MOC, Marlin owners & Marlin Enthusiasts
It has been brought to our attention that a very small amount of Marlin Cabrio and Hunters built using a BMW engine, have over time, developed stress cracks around the antiroll bar to chassis mounting plates.
Marlin Sports Cars wish to stress that this fault is confined to the Ford based cars where the central section of the anti-roll bar was removed to accommodate the BMW engine. We have also been told that some owners have exasperated this problem by fitting a solid tie bar with no rubber bushes.
We currently have a BMW based Marlin Hunter in our workshop and we are working on a solution that we will be more than happy to pass on to any interested owners. In the meantime we would urge anyone who has this design of suspension and has not yet inspected it, to do so.
We would also like to add that this issue does not affect any Marlin Sportster models regardless of which donor has been used as they have an entirely different front suspension design.
Yours Sincerely
Terry Matthews
Director of Marlin Sports Cars
N.B The Hunter, in the photo above, has not shown any signs of this problem